Violence in scripture

"The Bible frequently depicts God as angry and violent, and also sometimes depicts human violence as positive or even as commanded by God. This forms one of the most vexing problems in approaching Scripture and in interpreting the Bible for preaching and teaching today. In this volume, Creach... Full description

Main Author:	Creach, Jerome F. D.
Published:	Louisville, Kentucky : Westminster John Knox Press, 2013
Series:	Interpretation : Resources for the use of scripture in the Church
Subjects:	VIOLENCE IN THE BIBLE.
Online Access:	Full text - Book opens through link in DTL
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Table of Contents:

Setting the stage: violence, creation, and calling
"The Lord is a warrior"
Enemies of God and Israel: Sodom, Pharaoh, and Amalek
"You shall utterly destroy them": the ban and conquest
Judges' use of violence
Seeking vengeance, part I: prophetic speech and action
Seeking vengeance, part II: praying against the enemy
Jesus, nonviolence, and the Old Testament.

Violence in scripture

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